AIS English Conference 2009: Braving the New World of the English Classroom
Post conference discussion
Below you will find headings that relate to each of the sessions from the English conference held at Loreto Kirribilli on Friday, 8th May.
Feel free to share websites, ideas and resources that you have found to be relevent in each area.
Content that does not relate directly to these areas can be added either at the bottom of this page, or you may want to add a new page using the "Manage Wiki" option in the navigation area to the left.
Keynote Address Chris Davison Teaching the Next Generation: Challenges and Changes for the English Profession
Workshop session 1 Podcasting - John Clear & Victoria Rintoul
Conflicting Perspectives. Text: Birthday Letters David Eldridge
Extension 1: Genre/Crime Writing Karen Stapleton & Axel Kruse
My Biggest Fan Tony Britten with guest Tara Morice
Extension 1: Genre/Life Writing Felicity Plunkett
Visible Thinking/Culture of Thinking Simon Brooks
Workshop session 2
Wordle and Voice thread Pauline Lewis & Jenny Power
Ophelia voicethread example
This link is to the public voicethread site Voicethread
A more protected voicethread site is provided through ed.voicethread which is what we used at Loreto through a paid subscription.
Experience Through Language/Distinctively Visual Text: Run Lola Run Paul MacDonald
Module A Advanced Exploring Connections Pride and Prejudice/Letters to Alice Nicola Parsons
Inspiring students to write poetry Steven Herrick
Steven's workshop was inspiring to many people. His website is www.stevenherrick.com.au Titles of his books can be found on this page.
Composing for Extension 1 Sandra Duggan and Helen Jones
Extension 1 After the Bomb Karen Stapleton/Axel Kruse
Experience Through Language/Distinctively Visual Text: Maestro Jenny Levitus
Breaking the Silence: Rediscovering the Listening Task in Secondary English Victoria Rintoul/Jillian Hall
Workshop session 3
Blogs and Wikis Melanie Hughes/Jenny Power
See the Blog link in the left hand navigation menu for lots of ideas and example of blogging and English teaching.
This session particpants saw blogs from: Edublogs Free, easy to use educational blogs for teachers Blogger Popular, free blogging site. Be aware that some schools block access to Blogger so check first or reserve for personal use. Posterous sends blog posts via your email - couldn't be easier. Here are a few more alternatives: 21Classes Create a virtual classroom and BlogPortal. Instant use, hosted, free. Global Teacher The Global Teacher Project is a joint project between the Victorian Education Channel and The School Library Association of Victoria. Class Blogmeister developed specifically for classroom use by David Warlick. Create a blog with built in student blogs. Scrapblog Blogging meets scrapbooking. Tumblr Post anything. Tumblr makes it effortless to share text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be.
This session participants saw wikis from: Wikispaces Free accounts for teachers (free of ads) Wikispaces, tips and Help for teachers pbworks Here are some other useful links: eMINTS Teaching Tips: Wikis in the classroom PB Wiki (now PBWorks) This wiki is said to be as simple to use as making a peanut butter sandwich.
The examples shown from Loreto used a wiki from pbworks. If you would like reader access to view any of the Loreto wikis please email jpower@loreto.nsw.edu.au Wetpaint Here is a great year 7 Science example. AIS Wonderful Wikis Some examples of how the wikispaces widgets work and other links about wikis. Curriki Curriki ('curriculum' + 'wiki') is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of educational materials including lesson plans, videos and units of work. Level Switch
See also the Wiki link in the navigation menu on the left.
Close Study of Text Text: Witness Virginia Hendy
Critical Study of Texts Hamlet & In the Skin of a Lion Helping students to frame a personal response Marilyn Pretorius/Bronwyn Steele
Bronwyn and Marilyn have posted some of their resources on the Module B Advanced page on this wiki site. Also, if you would like the "orange" diagram, go to "manage wiki" on the top left-hand menu, click on this and then click on files. You will find it there.
Composing for the Area of Study Belonging Tony Britten Extension 2 Poetry: Strategies and Inspiration Felicity Plunkett
AIS English Conference 2009: Braving the New World of the English Classroom
Post conference discussion
Below you will find headings that relate to each of the sessions from the English conference held at Loreto Kirribilli on Friday, 8th May.
Feel free to share websites, ideas and resources that you have found to be relevent in each area.
Content that does not relate directly to these areas can be added either at the bottom of this page, or you may want to add a new page using the "Manage Wiki" option in the navigation area to the left.
Keynote Address Chris Davison
Teaching the Next Generation: Challenges and Changes for the English Profession
Workshop session 1
Podcasting - John Clear & Victoria Rintoul
Music File
Save this file to your computer http://music.incompetech.com/royalty-free/News%20Theme.mp3
It comes from incompetech which is mentioned in your notes.
Step 1
Using Audacity to create an mp3
Later, you may want to use some sound effects. There are plenty here at SoundSnap
Step 2
Send the file to podbean
Step 3
Add a subscription to podbean into iTunes
Step 4
RSS to iTunes
Step 5
RSS Podbean to Google Reader
RSS any Podcast to Google Reader
Sharing my podcast subscriptions with a community
Extras
SMART Board hint If you use as SMART Board you may want to be able to HOVER
John Clear's Shared Delicious bookmark account
AOS Reading Task
Marilyn Pretorious
Conflicting Perspectives. Text: Birthday Letters
David Eldridge
Extension 1: Genre/Crime Writing
Karen Stapleton & Axel Kruse
My Biggest Fan
Tony Britten with guest Tara Morice
Extension 1: Genre/Life Writing
Felicity Plunkett
Visible Thinking/Culture of Thinking
Simon Brooks
Workshop session 2
Wordle and Voice thread
Pauline Lewis & Jenny Power
Ophelia voicethread example
This link is to the public voicethread site Voicethread
A more protected voicethread site is provided through ed.voicethread which is what we used at Loreto through a paid subscription.
Experience Through Language/Distinctively Visual
Text: Run Lola Run
Paul MacDonald
Module A Advanced Exploring Connections
Pride and Prejudice/Letters to Alice
Nicola Parsons
Inspiring students to write poetry
Steven Herrick
Steven's workshop was inspiring to many people. His website is www.stevenherrick.com.au Titles of his books can be found on this page.
Composing for Extension 1
Sandra Duggan and Helen Jones
Extension 1
After the Bomb
Karen Stapleton/Axel Kruse
Experience Through Language/Distinctively Visual
Text: Maestro
Jenny Levitus
Breaking the Silence: Rediscovering the Listening Task in Secondary English
Victoria Rintoul/Jillian Hall
Workshop session 3
Blogs and Wikis
Melanie Hughes/Jenny Power
See the Blog link in the left hand navigation menu for lots of ideas and example of blogging and English teaching.
This session particpants saw blogs from:
Edublogs Free, easy to use educational blogs for teachers
Blogger Popular, free blogging site. Be aware that some schools block access to Blogger so check first or reserve for personal use.
Posterous sends blog posts via your email - couldn't be easier.
Here are a few more alternatives:
21Classes Create a virtual classroom and BlogPortal. Instant use, hosted, free.
Global Teacher The Global Teacher Project is a joint project between the Victorian Education Channel and The School Library Association of Victoria.
Class Blogmeister developed specifically for classroom use by David Warlick. Create a blog with built in student blogs.
Scrapblog Blogging meets scrapbooking.
Tumblr Post anything. Tumblr makes it effortless to share text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be.
This session participants saw wikis from:
Wikispaces Free accounts for teachers (free of ads)
Wikispaces, tips and Help for teachers
pbworks
Here are some other useful links:
eMINTS Teaching Tips: Wikis in the classroom
PB Wiki (now PBWorks) This wiki is said to be as simple to use as making a peanut butter sandwich.
The examples shown from Loreto used a wiki from pbworks. If you would like reader access to view any of the Loreto wikis please email jpower@loreto.nsw.edu.au
Wetpaint Here is a great year 7 Science example.
AIS Wonderful Wikis Some examples of how the wikispaces widgets work and other links about wikis.
Curriki Curriki ('curriculum' + 'wiki') is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of educational materials including lesson plans, videos and units of work.
Level Switch
See also the Wiki link in the navigation menu on the left.
Close Study of Text
Text: Witness
Virginia Hendy
Critical Study of Texts
Hamlet & In the Skin of a Lion
Helping students to frame a personal response
Marilyn Pretorius/Bronwyn Steele
Bronwyn and Marilyn have posted some of their resources on the Module B Advanced page on this wiki site. Also, if you would like the "orange" diagram, go to "manage wiki" on the top left-hand menu, click on this and then click on files. You will find it there.
Composing for the Area of Study Belonging Tony Britten
Extension 2 Poetry: Strategies and Inspiration
Felicity Plunkett
Related Texts for the HSC
Paul MacDonald
What is the stuff good readers do?
Melissa Kennedy
The following weblinks were referred to during this session or may be of interest.
http://thebookjam.ning.com/
http://discoverwriting.ning.com/
www.wordle.net
www.wetpaint.com
www.tsc.nsw.edu.au
http://beareader.wetpaint.com
www.guysread.com
http://gothicgenre.wetpaint.com
www.chipublib.org/forteens/index.php
http://teenlink.nypl.org/index.html
www.realmenread.cps.k12.il.us/
Top 20 Tool Kit for Teaching Grammar
Jeannie Middleton
A final word
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